A prayer when one’s baptism must be delayed in this year of the coronavirus
I know it’s not a race or a test of will, Lord.
Yet I feel a bit lost now that the Triduum has ended
and the baptismal waters remain just out of reach.
In this time of waiting, may I receive your grace—
in patience that hopes with all who long to gather at your table,
in compassion that abides with all aching to embrace again,
and in mercy that anoints the sorrowing with the promise of joy’s return.
Let me be alert to the opportunities each day
to fall more deeply in love with your Word
and with your people who live that Word
by their faith and courage.
Teach me to trust that the new life promised to me
is already mine, for Christ is living and ever at my side.
And help me wait in joyful hope for the day I know is coming
when all our longings will soon be filled
with your love that knows no bounds. Amen.
—Diana Macalintal, Copyright © 2020. All rights reserved.
Thanks for this beautiful prayer. I will be using it at our online meeting tomorrow evening. We have six catechumens and six candidates and I am sure that they will appreciate this prayer
One of the best online events I’ve attended. Very informative and useful.
Thank you so much Diana & Nick! My husband and I teach the RCIA teens at a parish in Orange Co, CA. It has been a challenge to teach virtually. The youth are going through so much, their world as they know it has been turned upside down. One teen when asked for prayer requests said she was having a hard time with no prom, no grad ceremony, no AP tests (after taking rigorous coursework), no in-person college tours and a family member with possible Covid-19. No wonder not all the teens show up or do the assignments we’d like them to complete. We are now going to meet virtually 1 or 2x per mo, and the next meeting we are going to ask everyone to bring a prayer, Scripture verse or daily devotional reading, we are going to say this beautiful prayer you wrote Diana. Any other suggestions or references are most helpful! Thank you two so much again!